wallpaper

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noun

wall·​pa·​per ˈwȯl-ˌpā-pər How to pronounce wallpaper (audio)
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: decorative paper for the walls of a room
2
: the background image or set of images displayed on a computer screen
After becoming a member, the user gets to design a homepage with his or her choice of pictures, music, wallpaper, writing, and information making each page unique.Fahiym Ratcliffe

wallpaper

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verb

wallpapered; wallpapering; wallpapers

transitive verb

: to provide the walls of (a room) with wallpaper

intransitive verb

: to put wallpaper on a wall

Examples of wallpaper in a Sentence

Noun The wallpaper began to peel.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Creative coverings for floors, walls and furniture include rugs, wallpaper and fabrics. March 8, 2024 This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. Arlene Hirst, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 The Pastels Collection showcases eight new fabrics and four new wallpapers. Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Start off with throw pillows and blankets, rugs, accent chairs, artwork, wallpaper, and more. Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2024 Each was individually decorated by designer Nicola Harding who aspired to recreate the feel of a traditional English village through the use of color and patterned wallpapers. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 Lift and look in bed bug hiding spots: the mattress, box spring and other furniture, as well as behind baseboards, pictures and even torn wallpaper. The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 So Terrill set about painting still lifes: sensual arrangements of foodstuffs and flowers set against ebullient wallpapers and bright serapes (a nod to his Mexican heritage). Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024 The Georgian Room in Santa Monica Ana Lui The Beverly Hills Hotel’s distinctive banana-leaf wallpaper Ana Lui Villa gained attention both the old-school way (winning taco tournaments) and the New Hollywood way: He was featured in season three of Netflix's Taco Chronicles. Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024 Find it on Amazon This Wood Grain Paper Will Give the Sense of Grandeur Go for glam with Dark Brown Wood Grain wallpaper to create warmth and coziness. Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
Verb
The menu is a series of running jokes (Dead Chicken and Cheeseburger with Cheese) and the place is wallpapered with gags, business cards and currency. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024 The couple took an easier approach in the second room, wallpapered with an artsy series of sardine cans. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023 For bonus color or pattern, wallpaper the back of your open cabinets. 10 White Cabinets with Black Tile Like a little black dress, white kitchen cabinets and a black backsplash are appropriate almost anywhere, whether your space is sleek and modern or warm and traditional. Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023 Then, as Warhol did with cute images of a pink cow, his effete alter ego mocking Picasso’s identification with a randy bull, Ruscha used the sweet sheets to wallpaper a gallery’s interior, floor to ceiling. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023 These long chains of fractions could stretch out across 15 feet of notebook pages wallpapering his cell. Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Scientific American, 2 June 2023 Return to menu Between materials and labor, the expense of wallpapering an entire room is often shocking. Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 11 May 2023 Posing in front of a bunk bed that rests against a wall wallpapered with construction vehicle print, the couple's seven children each do their best at posing for the shot. Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023 Or Anna Ryder-Richardson wallpapering a chimney breast wall, normally in some bracing, Barbie-pink abstract floral. Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1918, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of wallpaper was in 1827

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“Wallpaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallpaper. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

wallpaper

noun
wall·​pa·​per
ˈwȯl-ˌpā-pər
: decorative paper for covering the walls of a room
wallpaper verb

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